"You must be the master who helped me before."

The old woman, who looked to be of unknown age, stared at Fang Zheng and asked. Fang Zheng just laughed.

"That's not important. What's important is what you said before... If you don't mind, can you tell me in detail?"

"Is it about a big man being targeted by a monster?"

"Yes, this is very interesting to me too. Tell me about it if you don't mind."

"Okay."

Perhaps realizing that the situation was not strong enough, the girl in front of him was silent for a moment, and then she spoke in a connoisseur's tone.

"You are my savior. Since you are still alive, I have nothing to hide."

When she said this, a hint of coldness flashed in the girl's eyes.

"You should have seen those guys who tried to expose our true identities before."

"Of course, they are missionaries from outside. What's their problem?"

"They are not ordinary missionaries, but lackeys of the evil spirit."

“Oh…?”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes.

"Tell me more about it."

According to this "Tianshan Child-Father", this evil cult from the Western Regions has encroached on many countries. Originally, in their countries and lands, the life between humans and monsters was not harmonious, but it was not particularly tense. But one day, these missionaries holding the banner of believing in the "Supreme Buddha" suddenly appeared, began to preach the doctrine, and helped the people there to drive out monsters and evil spirits.

At the beginning, these monsters simply regarded each other as universal practitioners, but as a "Tianshan Child-Grandma" who has lived for who knows how many years and has opened her spiritual wisdom, she found that there are some problems hidden in it. As an ancient monster born in the prehistoric times, she keenly noticed that the "Vajra power" and other things these monks talked about were not normal. After investigation, "Tianshan Child-Grandma" found that the so-called "boundless power" used by these monks was actually the power of a big monster!

"monster?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"You mean to say that the gods and Buddhas that those bald asses keep talking about are actually monsters?"

"Yes, I once witnessed with my own eyes the so-called coming of the Buddha. When the great demon came, the man who was furious before suddenly burst into tears after being illuminated by the spiritual light. He then confessed his deeds and said that he would become a monk to atone for his sins... Although I am not saying that humans will not change, after all, I have lived in this world for a long time and have seen a lot of human fickleness. But no matter what, it is impossible for them to change instantly. Although those monks said that it was the enlightenment of the Buddha, in my opinion, it was just..."

"Brainwashing..."

Fang Zheng touched his chin and nodded. That was true. He hadn’t thought much about it when he was in the Fairy Sword World before, but now that he thought about it carefully, those so-called enlightenments and epiphanies were nothing but brainwashing and mental manipulation.

"Moreover, I have also discovered their conspiracy behind the scenes. Has your Excellency ever heard those monks preach their Buddhist teachings?"

"You mean reincarnation?"

"Yes, I have always been curious. Whether we are monsters or humans, our souls will return to heaven and earth after death. How can there be reincarnation? And the idea that doing good deeds can improve one's afterlife is even more illusory. Why this big monster is so deliberate in deceiving mortals really puzzles me. You should also know that we monsters live on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The incense of the human world is harmful to us and we will never want such things."

"I understand that."

Fang Zheng nodded in agreement. The monsters in this world are born with intelligence, and they absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth rather than the incense in the human world. The reason is simple. The incense in the human world carries the power of human wishes. After all, humans usually pray to gods and Buddhas when they have something to ask for, such as hoping to buy lottery tickets to make a lot of money, hoping to pass high school smoothly. These miscellaneous wishes are extremely poisonous to monsters. Because monsters cultivate the way of self-reliance, once they are confused by the power of others' wishes like this, they will become slaves to human wishes.

Therefore, the demons basically won't choose to deal with human wishes. Even if they want to help, they will do it stealthily. In any case, they won't give you the chance to burn incense for them.

To the monster, burning incense for it is almost like asking for its life.

Therefore, most of the monsters in this era controlled by Fang Zheng were a bit similar to the Taoist concept of "Believe it or not, get out of here, don't disturb my ascension."

Therefore, in this world, the only beings who collect the incense and wishes of humans are beings of human origin. For example, the city gods, land gods, and judges in various places are all respected mortals in their lifetime, and after death they are appointed as officials in the underworld. Generally, these people receive the incense and wishes of believers.

So if the Buddha is a big demon as the Tianshan Tonglao said, then it would be very strange that he collects incense and vows so extensively.

It's a bit like feeling like being addicted to drugs.

"Later I discovered that the demon was absorbing human souls, and that the power of incense and prayers was distributed among the deceived mortals under its command!"

"Oh? There is such a thing?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng frowned immediately, and Tianshan Tonglao nodded.

"That's right. You may not know that after the great demon bewitched humans, it would make them become monks. Then these people would continuously offer their spiritual energy to it. When the spiritual energy was exhausted, they would naturally die. However, because becoming a monk was considered by those people as a way to end the worldly world, no one would know that those people were dead. Not only that..."

Having said this, as if she recalled something, the Child-Fairy of Tianshan's expression turned grim.

"That demon also talked nonsense and lured people into joining the religion, saying that monks do not work, do not marry, and have children, in order to cultivate virtue and go to paradise for eternal life. As a result, it and its servants destroyed several countries, and those countries gradually perished under its cover and turned into a dead land."

This is natural. If no one gives birth and no one marries and has children, the country will surely be doomed - oh, speaking of which, Fang Zheng did receive reports of a large number of young women inexplicably entering the border in the past few years, and as a result, many local men enjoyed the pleasure of a harem.

Of course, many men were caught up in the Shura Field of the Good Ship and lost their lives.

This is what is going on after all this fuss!

If you think about it carefully, if all the men have become monks and the young and beautiful girl doesn't want to live alone, she will have to look for a new man elsewhere.

"It was the same in the country where I used to live. The king of that country believed the evil words of the evildoer and devoted himself to worshipping Buddha. In the end, he led all his ministers to become monks. The queen at that time was extremely distressed, and finally she went crazy and announced that she would turn that country into a country where only women lived..."

"Well……"

Could this be the way the Kingdom of Women in Journey to the West came about?

"But the queen was only a woman after all. Eventually, the country was destroyed, the land collapsed, and the spiritual energy was lost. We had no choice but to flee all the way north. Then we accidentally learned about the Han Dynasty, so we came here to try to seek refuge."

"I see……"

After listening to the story of the Tianshan Child-Grandma, Fang Zheng nodded. He certainly understood that the Tianshan Child-Grandma must have concealed something, but what she said... was indeed worth investigating. Speaking of which, Fang Zheng really didn't know what the current situation was in countries other than the Han Dynasty. After all, he had been busy climbing the technology tree since he came to power. In Fang Zheng's view, climbing to the Manhattan Project was a technological victory, and other religious and diplomatic victories were not worth his attention at all!

I didn’t expect so many things happened outside?

I originally thought that in this era, places outside of China didn’t need much attention…

Is it true that the Great Voyages Plan will be brought forward?

Never mind. This is not important. At least Fang Zheng hasn't heard of anyone named Li Huamei being born yet. It won't be too late to start the Age of Discovery after she is born.

But what the Tianshan Child-Fairy said was about a more pressing real crisis.

"You said before that they attacked our country...Apart from those bald donkeys, are there others?"

"Of course, I am not just talking nonsense."

The Child-Fairy of Tianshan nodded.

"Perhaps you don't know, but there have been several disappearances in the border areas of this country. On the surface, these people seem to have lost themselves in the forest, but in fact, they were all abducted and brainwashed by the big demon, and given demonic powers to show their divine power. That was the case where we were before. Fortunately, we met a Suzhou and Hangzhou person who came here to purchase, and we successfully escaped and left that troubled place."

As expected, the shopkeeper was tricked, but...

Hearing this, a cold light flashed in Fang Zheng's eyes.

How dare you cause trouble on my turf? Are you really tired of living?

"Thank you for letting me know."

After learning about the situation from Tianshan Tonglao, Fang Zheng nodded, then reached out, took out a sign from his arms and threw it to the other party.

"In return, I will give you this sign. You can take this sign to the underworld here and show it to the City God. He will arrange everything for you. By the way, Dahan is different from other places. As long as the monsters here obey the rules, they can live in peace and there will be no impact, so you can rest assured. Then... Fang will take his leave."

After saying this, Fang Zheng bowed to everyone, then he took a step back and completely disappeared into the shadows without a trace.

It was not until this moment that the pressure originally exerted on others slowly disappeared.

"call……"

The people in the chorus stood up, sighed, and looked at the Child-Fairy of Tianshan with anxiety.

"Is this okay? Tell that person..."

"I'm old now, and I don't want to get involved in this kind of thing. Let him be."

Tianshan Tonglao shook her head and looked at the sign in her hand.

"Now, we just hope this sign is as useful as he says it is."